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1 8.3 Interest Groups

2 Special Interest Group
Goal or set of goals Influence government NRA Wilderness Society

3 Good or Bad? Trust???? Threat???? Madison’s thoughts = pluralism
Interest groups keep government from gaining too much power

4 Today…. Interest Groups allow citizens to participate in the political process Have area of concern Speak to government

5 American Interest Groups
Thousands Goal: persuade officials to take action and support

6 Economic Groups Business Trade Professional Labor

7 Citizens Groups Sierra Club ACLU SADD

8 Government Groups NEA National Governors Assoc.

9 Other Foreign Policy VFW Religious

10 Why Join? Info Benefits Workshop training AAA WWF AARP

11 Funding Need $$$ & People Dues Government grants

12 PAC Political Action Committee $$ to political parties and candidates
Private groups sponsored by corporations, unions…etc…

13 PAC Collect donations for political campaigns 2012 = $560 million
Top contributors = Corporations

14 ?????? Is it too much?? Are they “buying” the candidate?
No…but it does give greater access to lawmakers

15 ????? How do interest groups influence policy? Lobbying Research
Litigation Grassroots mobilization

16 Lobbying Influence policy by persuading public officials to favor or oppose action on a specific issue.

17 Research Groups of policy experts and scholars study the issues and influence officials

18 litigation Bringing of lawsuits to influence policy

19 Grassroots mobilization
Public demonstrations Social media rallies

20 Power Size Money Leadership Purpose Information
Advantage = groups with money

21 8.4 Making Public Policy Public Policy = government actions or programs designed to achieve certain goals

22 Steps 1. Identify issues and problems 2. Agenda setting
3. Policy Formulation 4. Policy Adoption 5. Implementation 6. Evaluation Page

23 Check 8.3 & 8.4 What type of interest groups are there?
How do they get their information to the government? What are the steps of policy making?

24 Policy Project Group Policy Project

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